Bow holder



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7 TBOW HOIJDER Filed Julyl, 1935" INVENTOR STEPHEN F. /@y/v.

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ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 30, 1937 PATENT OFFICE BOW HOLDER Stephen F.Kayn,

Delamere Company, Delaware Application July 1,

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a bow holder, and more particularly to adevice for holding a bow or ribbon in the hair.

Among the objects of the invention are to provide a device of pleasingappearance which will securely hold a bow or ribbon; which can be easilyopened and closed to insert or remove the bow; which affords a firmfrictional grip on the hair so that the device will not slip or move outof place; and which is simple and inexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention comprisesthe novel arrangement, combination and construction of parts hereinafter5 described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a front view showing the device with a bow retained in theholder;

Fig. 2 is a front view of the device showing the holder open;

Fig. 3 is a side view thereof showing the holder closed;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged top plan view;

Fig. 5 is a vertical cross-section of a modification; and,

Fig. 6 is a front view of the same.

The device comprises a spring clasp, in the na ture of a hairpin,comprising two legs I0, II, and a connecting spring loop I2 which latterurges the legs into contact with each other so as to effect a firmfrictional grip on the hair in use.

A plate I3 is afiixed to the front face of the upper end portion of legIf] by solder or other suitable means. This plate supports the bow and 5preferably has a plurality of prongs l4 struck up from the materialthereof, which prongs serve to hold the bow 15 from slipping sidewisewhen l retained in the holder. The upper end of the plate l3 is bent upto form a transversely curved.

4o flange 16, which flange is formed with pintles at both sides thereof.

18 is a longitudinally curved bow holding member. A bracket or U-shapedmember l9, best seen New York, N. Y., assignor to Inc., a corporation of1935, Serial No. 29,251

in Fig. 4, is affixed to the upper end of, and extends downwardly from,the member l8. Eyes 20 are formed in the lower ends of the parallel sideportions of member IS. The pintles ll engage in these eyes to provide ahinge about which the bow holding member 18 may be swung into opened orclosed position. 21 is a leaf spring having slots 22 at its ends whichfreely engage the sides of the U-member l9. In the next position of thebow holding member Hi this spring presses against the upper edge of theflange l6 and provides the necessary pressure to hold said member closedagainst accidental opening.

A modification of the invention is shown in Figs. 5 and 6 of thedrawing. In this form, the upper end of the supporting plate I3 isrolled into an eye 23 while the lower end is bent up to form a hook 24.The curved bow holding member 25, which in this instance is shown asmade of resilient transparent material, such as celluloid, is hinged atits upper end 26 in the eye 23 and has an opening 2! at its opposite endfor engagement with the hook 24 to hold it in closed position.

While I have shown and described certain specific embodiments of myinvention, it is to be understood that the same may be modified in details of construction without departing from the scope of the inventionas defined in the claim.

What I claim is:

A hair ribbon bow holder comprising a hair engaging member having a pairof vertically disposed spring legs formed to grip hair therebetween, abow engaging plate secured to the outer face of the front leg at theupper end of the latter and extending longitudinally of said leg, a bowholding member pivoted to the top of said plate to cooperate therewithto hold the bow and having its lower end terminating adjacent the outerface of and between the ends of the said front leg, and means to holdthe bow holding member in bow holding position.

STEPHEN F. KAYN.

